Some more trivia from the book include: A potato house in Elmira mentioned in a story from the book dated 1953. The dairy industry appears throughout the book and in some great detail in some places including: Cream separators came… Read More ›
PEIR Souris Subdivision
Carloads of sand
I’m reading Historical Sketch of Eastern Kings written by Mary MacDonald in May 1972. It’s a really great community history book and well worth reading. She includes a section on Black Pond, PEI and mentions this detail; Below the Aneas… Read More ›
PEIR in 1887
I’m reading through a copy of The Annual Report of the Minister of Canals and Railways for the Fiscal Year 1887. It’s a fascinating document and it’s really shedding some light on our railway during it’s earliest years. The PEIR… Read More ›
Mt Stewart station model on my workbench
It’s really raining here on the Island and everyone seems to have something to do. I figured I’d seize the time and spend some time building model railways and working toward that layout I want to build. The star of… Read More ›
Aerial over Royalty Junction – that’s a lot of track
My favourite place to watch trains on PEI was always Royalty Junction. This morning I took a look on the PEI Government’s Aerial Photo Library to see if they had any vintage shots over the junction showing it’s trackage in… Read More ›
Prince Street 